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Bill Sanford Lakeland Public TV

Bill Sanford's Lakeland Public TV, a rural station with small staff, shifts to new facilities, necessitating upgrades in aging systems. Funding constraints prompt a creative solution, with around $100k allocated. They seek an integrated channel-in-a-box software solution supporting IP and SDI with EAS, single-vendor software, and open standards. They chose Cinegy Air Pro for play to air, Capture for ingest, ensuring support for IP, SDI, EAS, and Nielsen watermarking in a cost-effective manner.

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Bill Sanford Lakeland Public TV

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  1. Bill Sanford Lakeland Public TV

  2. Who We Are...

  3. Who We Are... • Rural VERY small market station

  4. Who We Are... • Rural VERY small market station • Small technical staff

  5. Who We Are... • Rural VERY small market station • Small technical staff • Emphasis on local with nightly news

  6. Who We Are... • Rural VERY small market station • Small technical staff • Emphasis on local with nightly news • Six OTA channels (1HD & 5 SD)

  7. Who We Are... • Rural VERY small market station • Small technical staff • Emphasis on local with nightly news • Six OTA channels (1HD & 5 SD) • 3 channels scheduled locally & 3 pass through (FNX, Create & MN)

  8. Where We Were With Automation

  9. Where We Were With Automation • Aging legacy automation system

  10. Where We Were With Automation • Aging legacy automation system • Avid / Sundance system – end of life

  11. Where We Were With Automation • Aging legacy automation system • Avid / Sundance system – end of life • Omneon server – aging, but serviceable

  12. Where We Were With Automation • Aging legacy automation system • Avid / Sundance system – end of life • Omneon server – aging, but serviceable • Miranda Imagestore – Needed to go away…

  13. Where We Were With Automation • Aging legacy automation system • Avid / Sundance system – end of life • Omneon server – aging, but serviceable • Miranda Imagestore – Needed to go away… • Commodity IT nearline “archive” – Wonderful!

  14. Opportunity! • Moving to a new facility

  15. Plans for our move…

  16. Plans for our move… • New racks, consoles & video “furniture”

  17. Plans for our move… • New racks, consoles & video “furniture” • Move ALL technical equipment including automation

  18. Plans for our move… • New racks, consoles & video “furniture” • Move ALL technical equipment including automation • All technology to be moved over a weekend!

  19. Plans for our move… • New racks, consoles & video “furniture” • Move ALL technical equipment including automation • All technology to be moved over a weekend! • Last live newscast: Friday night at 10PM at old facility

  20. Plans for our move… • New racks, consoles & video “furniture” • Move ALL technical equipment including automation • All technology to be moved over a weekend! • Last live newscast: Friday night at 10PM at old facility • Next live newscast: Tuesday night at 10PM in new facility!

  21. A change in plans…

  22. A change in plans… • Building was coming in under budget

  23. A change in plans… • Building was coming in under budget • Some funding available for technology upgrades

  24. A change in plans… • Building was coming in under budget • Some funding available for technology upgrades • Automation was first priority

  25. A change in plans… • Building was coming in under budget • Some funding available for technology upgrades • Automation was first priority • Funding was limited to around $100k

  26. A change in plans… • Building was coming in under budget • Some funding available for technology upgrades • Automation was first priority • Funding was limited to around $100k • A creative solution was needed!

  27. Automation requirements

  28. Automation requirements • Integrated channel-in-a-box software solution

  29. Automation requirements • Integrated channel-in-a-box software solution • Support for both IP and SDI

  30. Automation requirements • Integrated channel-in-a-box software solution • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support

  31. Automation requirements • Integrated channel-in-a-box software solution • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support • Single vendor complete software solution

  32. Automation requirements • Integrated channel-in-a-box software solution • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support • Single vendor complete software solution • Open standards support (BXF, MXF AS03, etc.)

  33. Automation requirements • Integrated channel-in-a-box software solution • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support • Single vendor complete software solution • Open standards support (BXF, MXF AS03, etc.) • Must run on commodity PC hardware

  34. Cinegy was our choice

  35. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air

  36. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air • Cinegy Capture for ingest

  37. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air • Cinegy Capture for ingest • Support for both IP and SDI

  38. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air • Cinegy Capture for ingest • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support (and Nielsen watermarking!)

  39. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air • Cinegy Capture for ingest • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support (and Nielsen watermarking!) • Single vendor complete software solution

  40. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air • Cinegy Capture for ingest • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support (and Nielsen watermarking!) • Single vendor complete software solution • Open standards support (BXF, MXF AS03, etc.)

  41. Cinegy was our choice • Cinegy Air Pro for play to air • Cinegy Capture for ingest • Support for both IP and SDI • Full EAS support (and Nielsen watermarking!) • Single vendor complete software solution • Open standards support (BXF, MXF AS03, etc.) • Anybody’s commodity IT hardware

  42. Automation - Play To Air HP 5120 GigE Switch HP DL380 G7 Air Control (GUI) HP DL380 G7 AirPro Playout SDI HP DL380 G7 Capture Control (GUI) HP DL380 G7 AirPro Playout SDI HP DL380 G7 Cinegy Services HP DL380 G7 AirPro Playout SDI HP DL380 G7 AirPro Backup SDI Cinegy Services CPU provides domain controller, EAS support, traffic gateway, file conversion, etc. HP DL380 G7 Online File Store Eight-1.2TB 10k RAID 50 Array Next page Unicast VLAN Multicast VLAN SDI

  43. Automation - Play To Air

  44. Automation – File Capture Previous Page Capture 1 & 2 DL380 G7 w/AJA Kona SDI HP 5120 GigE Switch SDI SDI Ericsson IRD Capture 3 & 4 DL380 G7 w/AJA Kona SDI SDI SDI Ericsson IRD Capture 5 & 6 DL380 G7 w/AJA Kona SDI SDI SDI Ericsson IRD Capture 7 & 8 DL380 G7 w/AJA Kona SDI SDI SDI Ericsson IRD Main House HP 5120 Switch Unicast VLAN Multicast VLAN SDI

  45. Automation – File Capture

  46. HP Servers

  47. “Archive” & Transcode Main House HP 5120 Switch Rhozet File Transcoding Archive CPU Windows Server Archive HP 5120 GigE Switch Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Archive 1 Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Archive 2 Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Archive 3 Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Archive 4 Archive Backup CPU Windows Server Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Backup 1 Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Backup 2 Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Backup 3 Infortrend iSCSI RAID – Backup 4

  48. Software Used…

  49. Software Used… • 3 - Cinegy Air Pro (HA Design)

  50. Software Used… • 3 - Cinegy Air Pro (HA Design) • 3 - Cinegy Traffic Gateway (HA Design)

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